(house rejected the mckinney amendment that sought to prohibit military assistance or arms transfers to a foreign government unless the President certified that

On May 24, 1995, the House voted 157–262 on “On Agreeing to the Amendment” (HR 1561). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 16–206, Democrats 140–56, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 72 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Failed
Yes: 157
No: 262
Did not vote: 26
Date: May 24, 1995

By party

Republicans16 yes · 206 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats140 yes · 56 no · 12 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Glen Browder D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR voted no
Robert T. Matsui D-CA voted no
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA voted yes
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted yes
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted yes
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT voted no
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
Karen L. Thurman D-FL voted no
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL voted no
Peter R. Deutsch D-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted yes
John Edward Porter R-IL voted yes
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Timothy John Roemer D-IN voted no
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN voted no
Henry Scott (Scotty) Baesler D-KY voted no
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted no
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA voted no
James Allison Hayes D-LA voted no
Constance A. Morella R-MD voted yes
John Elias Baldacci D-ME voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
James A. Barcia D-MI voted no
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted yes
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM voted yes
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted yes
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY voted no
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted yes
John Richard Kasich R-OH voted yes
William K. Brewster D-OK voted no
Ronald Klink D-PA voted no
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted no
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted no
Jim Chapman D-TX voted no
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted no
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted no
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX voted no
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX voted no
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX voted no
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
Henry B. González D-TX voted no
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted no
Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
Frank Tejeda D-TX voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA voted no
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA voted no
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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